Is Someone Watching You through Your Webcam?

I was reading a really informative article on how phone and in-person conversations can be recorded legally. While wiretapping has been the main privacy concern in the past decades, the advent of new technology has also brought new privacy concerns. One of the more alarming privacy concerns I have seen lately is webcam spying. Apparently, people can already hack into a webcam without triggering the record light on. These hackers use RATs to activate...

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Why Shoplifters Shoplift

This is a straightforward question that merits a straightforward answer: shoplifters steal because they want to get something without paying for it. The motives could be economic. That is the simplest explanation that does not require further discussion. But the motives behind shoplifting are not always as simple as that. There are many reasons that causes a person to shoplift. Feeling of being in control Some people shoplift because...

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Looking on the Bright Side: The Six Sexiest Female Hackers

Seriously, in the early ‘60s, to be a hacker is an honor. At MIT, the Tech Model Railroad Club’s hackers were the nucleus of MIT’s Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, the world's leading center of AI research into the early 1980s. Even today at MIT, the word “hacker” is used only in its original meaning—someone who applies ingenuity to create a clever result, called a “hack.” This original benevolent meaning stands in stark contrast...

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Always a Tight Race: Ten Equally Famous and Infamous Cases of Corporate Espionage

Just recently, the NSA created a buzz around the world over the leakage of confidential documents that cited the agency’s spying activities virtually on every American worldwide. Of course, this solicited a public uproar from Americans that have been perpetually pampered by the trappings of democracy. When it comes to business, however, espionage is something that has been around for as long as collective memory can remember....

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